AustLit

'Behind the boutiques, restaurants and cafes, there’s a powerful Aboriginal presence still around the streets of Fitzroy and Collingwood – the ‘dirty mile’. From its Woiwurrung beginnings right up to the here and now, this is a precious community, not just somewhere to get a good latte.

Despite the gentrification, this iconic place is a testimony to survival. On any given day, you’d find Mutti Mutti songman Kutcha Edwards cutting his way along the streets of Fitzroy with a car full of Koories – dropping people off, picking people up, singing and laughing, passing on knowledge through stories and song.

In this series of four short films directed by John Harvey, Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke features a stellar musical cast including ARIA award-winners Archie Roach and Dan Sultan, music icons Bunna Lawrie and Bart Willoughby, young singers Alice Skye and Emily Wurramara, the hilarious Elaine Crombie and legend Uncle Jack Charles. Don’t miss this warm-hearted musical journey to the other side of the street.'

Source: Yirramboi Festival.

'Jim Everett was born on Flinders Island in 1942. Jim left school when he was 14 to start work. His working life includes 13 years at sea and 30 years formal involvement in the Aboriginal Struggle.'  (Production summary)

'Uncle Larry Walsh is an Urban Warrior. Taken away at 3 years of age he's had the numbers against him ever since. He's a fighter for social justice and an admired and respected elder.' (Production summary)

'Two Aboriginal clans from urban and remote communities live in an apocalyptic world and must decide who will be the new leader for the next 100 year cycle. Spear explores what this means to Indigenous men through dance, physical movement, spoken word, hip hop, traditional song and story.' (Adelaide Film Festival)

'An Aboriginal man stumbles down a Melbourne laneway, pursued by an ancient, malevolent force.'

'As he runs, he can feel the creature’s eyes burning through him – but is he fleeing from the fiend itself, or from the monster he fears he might become?'

'A modern-day reimagining of the bunyip legend, My Lovers’ Bones is a spine-chilling new theatrical work from acclaimed Indigenous storytellers Brown Cab Productions. A fusion of theatre, poetry, physical movement, digital projection and visceral soundscape, My Lovers’ Bones offers a hauntingly beautiful take on a myth both fearsome and misunderstood – the hunter of those who would forget the laws of the land.' (Source: Melbourne Festival website)

'After a bungled robbery James is on the run from the law with nothing but the open road ahead of him. Thinking he is in the clear he tries to relax and drive until he realises that he has two unexpected passengers on board. After a long conversation with the wise passenger James has only one chance to turn his life around. Will he take it?'

Source: Screen Australia.